CAE– TOP TIPS – PART 2
COMPARING:
The Three Magic Words
Both ...
Whereas ...
While ...
"Both pictures show people …."
"Whereas in this picture the … is … , in this
picture the … in … is …."
"While the … is … or …, the … in the … is …"
There are always lots and lots of possible
comparisons - indoors/outdoors,
cheap/expensive, old/new, old/young,
traditional/modern…
Talking about similar things
• Both pictures show…
• In both pictures we can see…
• Both pictures one and two have…
• Pictures one and two are similar in the way
that there is/are… in each one.
• Just like the picture on the left, the right
picture has/shows…
• The two pictures have a number things in
common, namely…
• These two pictures convey the same
message/idea of… // share the same
message/idea
SPECULATION:
Useful speculative phrases include:
Perhaps
It seems like
They might have
It could be that
Perhaps these … are … and are…
In contrast, the … has to ...
It could be that he …, whereas the … have
probably chosen to …
Maybe it's a … , while the … might …
Talking about differences
• Unlike the first picture, picture two has/shows
• In contrast with the right picture, picture on
the left has/shows/displays
• Picture one…, while picture two…
• Conversely, picture two…
Picture on the right shows a different
approach to…
• While the second picture takes place…, picture
one…
• Contrastingly, these pictures show different
takes on… *some topic*